RUMI RETURNING As presented by American Public Television Educational Resources for Secondary Classrooms

Dear Educator:  The resources offered here are designed to help you use the video RUMI RETURNING in secondary classrooms.  Our intention is to educate and inspire the student through the life story of one of the world's greatest poets and most beloved sages, Jalal al-Din Rumi.  Our Lesson Plans stress the 13th century Sufi mystic's historical, geographic, and artistic contexts.

RUMI RETURNING may be taped off-air (check local listings for dates and times) through August, 2011, or you may choose to purchase it on the producers' web site, www.rumireturning.com.

Please let the producers know what you think!  Send your feedback to CynthiaLukas345@msn.com

Lesson Plan One:  An Introduction to Jalal al-Din Rumi (view online)
     Download Lesson One  (pdf 216 KB)

Lesson Plan Two:  A Migration Through  the 13th Century Muslim World (view online)
     Download Lesson Two  (pdf 172 KB)

"He is the only planetary poet we have,"
Coleman Barks from RUMI RETURNING